Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Murray finally came to the harsh realization that Millie was far more cunning than he ever gave her credit for.

There was a time when he saw her as this pure and beautiful girl, full of innocence and joy. And what was the result?

He ended up being played for a fool, manipulated, and even lost... Anne because of her.

How could things with Roseanne have spiraled this far if it wasn't for Millie?

Thinking about this only intensified Murray's disdain for her. He couldn't bear the thought of stepping into any place she might be!

He had been crashing at the office for several days now.

Millie, too nervous to call him directly, kept using Beverley to bug him about coming home.

To appease his mother, Murray begrudgingly made his way back to the mansion.

But that was it. He was drawing the line there.

...

By the time Murray got back to the mansion, it was already 9 PM.

As he opened the door, there was Millie, attempting to take his coat.

her, making a beeline for

and she bit her lip in a mix of frustration and

loose-fitting knitted dress, her hair cascading in front of her, giving off

for Beverley. "You wanted me back, here I am." With that said, he turned to

his tone flat, "I'm exhausted.

dissatisfied with his dismissive attitude.

left little room for argument, and Murray, albeit reluctantly, followed

of water, leisurely drinking it, paying no mind to

Can't you show

She knew her son too well.

love is to wish for life; to hate is to

ever say I wanted this child? Wasn't it you who

a clear disdain in his voice and

but asking her to give up on her grandchild was out of the

matter what you think, the

legacy. I might have turned a blind eye before, but now

after the child is born? You're not seriously expecting me to marry

is the child. Whether or not you marry is up to you," Beverley

for a moment: "...I might agree,

"What's the condition?"